Cemeteries

Cemetery Records Search

Council manages five cemeteries at Maketu, Te Puke, Oropi and Katikati.

The Katikati and Te Puke cemetery have a Returned Services section as well as a children's section (13 years and under).

All cemeteries are interdenominational.

Cemetery records are kept at Council service centres in Te Puke, Barkes Corner (in Greerton, Tauranga) and Katikati.

You can make enquiries for genealogical purposes at our service centres, or by emailing customerservice@westernbay.govt.nz.

Cemetery	Status	Location	Service Centre	Earliest Known Burial
Maketu Cemetery	Open	Spencer Avenue, Maketu	Te Puke	1865
Old Te Puke Cemetery	Closed	Corner of Landscape Road and Te Puke Highway, Te Puke	Te Puke	1886
Te Puke Cemetery	Open	Dudley Vercoe Drive, Te Puke	Te Puke	1958
Oropi Cemetery	Open	Oropi Road, Oropi	Barkes Corner, Greerton	1897
Katikati Cemetery	Open	Hot Spring Road, Katikati	Katikati	1878

If you need further information about the rules around cemeteries in the district please see the link below to the current Cemeteries Bylaw.